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柴魚命
  caai4 jyu4*2 meng6   jyutping
  chai2 yu2 ming4   pinyin
A two-part idiom (歇後語); the second part is 唔成. 柴魚命 means "the life of a 柴魚". 柴魚 is a type of fish used in making soup or porridge. In order for its flavour to be released into the broth or porridge, it has to be beatened and hammered. in this way, the "life of 柴魚" is such that it is "唔成", which would mean "not aromatic if not beatened ". note that there is a pun on the character (sounds like ).

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
柴魚命

This word has been viewed 1546 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bernard on 1st Oct 2008 13:41 and last edited on 13th Jan 2013 00:43
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Characters in this word:

 caai4  -  firewood; faggot
 jyu4  -  fish
 ming6 meng6  -  life; destiny; order
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